Liverpool, the gateway into Britain for essential imports and American soldiers, was a major target for Hitler. The city managed to keep its docks open, though, and the Merchant Navy and anti-U-boat fleets based there helped Britain win the war.

Chatham Historic Dockyard marked the 250th anniversary of the launch of the world’s most famous warship, HMS Victory, by putting treasures on show including the fateful bullet that killed Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar.

Conservation work has begun on the "incredibly rare" gun carriage of the 17th century warship HMS London after archaeologists used a custom-made box to transport the unique artefact to York from the Thames Estuary.

Christopher Dobbs of the Mary Rose Trust talks about a wooden ballast shovel which is part of the Mary Rose Museum collection - and just one of thousands of objects recovered from the historic warship.